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 Expected change in prices charged over the next 3 months (Balance of extreme answers) for manufacturing industry
Characteristic Description
Name Expected change in prices charged over the next 3 months (Balance of extreme answers) for manufacturing industry by Type of goods; Monthly
Regularity Monthly
Source Statistics Portugal, Short-term statistics on business - industry survey
First available period January 1987
Last available period March 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period (Month)
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
  • Type of goods
Concepts
  • ENTERPRISE:  Legal entity (natural or legal person) that is an organisational unit producing goods or services, which benefits from a certain degree of autonomy in decision-making, especially for the allocation of its current resources. An enterprise carries out one or more activities at one or more locations.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  The length of time for which data are collected, e.g. a specific day, month or year.
Definition Difference between the share of positive evaluation responses (¿increased¿, ¿improved very much¿, ¿above average¿, ¿good¿, ¿yes, for sure¿, etc.) and negative evaluation responses (¿decreased¿, ¿worsened somewhat¿, ¿very unfavourable¿, ¿probably not¿, etc.). These calculations do not include the share of neutral responses (¿perhaps¿, ¿the same¿, etc.) and ¿doesn¿t know¿.
Formule

%resp. (+) - %resp. (-)
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations AV ¿ Actual value (Gross value)
Last update date 27/03/2024


information presented in 19/4/2024